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I have been a resident of Pequot Lakes for over four years. I am a retired nurse from the Robbinsdale area and have always wanted to live in this area. My mom and grandma lived in Swanburg for many years so I have spent most of my life in the area. I love this community and the smaller...

Senator Klobuchar was on national tv and told untrue stories (she lied) how President Trump had gut punched the Democrats on immigration. She forgets they turned down a compromise offered by Trump, giving them DACA and he would get his wall. That is not a gut punch it's called compromise....

Tonight while we were sitting on the couch discussing Christmas dinner, I heard a disturbance on our deck, and looking through the window noticed a crowd. We had Carolers! Adults and children, all had beautiful voices and it was just a nice ending to a long day. We listened to the...

In the 8th Congressional District in the Iron Range, outside groups spent $9.6 million, most of it from conservative PACs in opposition to Democrat Joe Radinovich, according to the Dec. 11 Star Tribune. Negative TV ads appeared prime time on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Sport channels,...

It's amazing how many song titles go along with issues we have today. For example, remember "Casey would waltz with the strawberry blond and the band played on?" We have a large number of politicians on both sides of the aisle who play the same tune over and over but instead, "It's...

You hear it. Green jobs. Clean energy. Climate change. Protect the children. Protect our future. It's a bombardment of clichés and keywords to change the debate from facts to emotional dogma. Green jobs and clean energy is a misnomer. Going by their own guidelines, these "jobs" and...

Abortion rights legal. Vacation rental rights not. America's founders clearly understood that protecting private property is the foundation for wealth building and protecting freedom itself. Our Pequot City Council just made an "ordinance" forbidding a private property owner to rent...

I am the grandmother of seven grandchildren. I am extremely afraid of the kind of world they will live in if we do not stop climate change. United Nations climate scientists tell us we have just 12 years to move our country off fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic climate disaster....

Do you remember Sgt. Schultz from "Hogan's Heroes?" His favorite line when questioned by the prisoners at Stalag 13 was, "I know nothing." It seems many of the Democrats and the media think the same way. They want you to know nothing, hear nothing, see nothing or say nothing. If you...

Economics rules our modern, "civilized" lives. We've allowed this system to become so complex, it's not understandable. This allows abuses to slide through like crazy. Ask economists a question, you'll get opposite answers, sometimes from the same economist. They'll give an answer,...

Few public buildings demonstrate community pride like schools. On April 10, voters approved a $145.7 million bond referendum to significantly improve the quality of educational facilities throughout the Brainerd Public School District over the next four years. With enrollment expected...

An economic legacy in progress. A brand-new, relocated oil pipeline, rerouted right through our central lakes area. More than 8,600 new jobs. Millions in tax dollars. Meeting Minnesota's future energy needs. Really good for our community. Local businesses catering meals-to-go for...

The owner members, staff and board of the Ideal Green Market Cooperative would like to thank the community for its support of our Farm to Table Lunch and Silent Auction on Nov. 10. A special thanks goes to our neighbor, Jeff Feldman at the Old Milwaukee Club, for supplying the staff...

Reading Don Bye's column, one could surmise he believes we should have a one party rule at the state and federal levels - something most Dems opposed when it wasn't in their favor. So the hypocrisy lives on. He laments the outside money spent in the Eighth Congressional District against...

On the Nov. 15 opinion page, Pete Abler's "As I See It" column tried to discredit the right of a woman to choose whether to have an abortion. In my opinion, he asked the wrong question. He focused on the question of viability rather than tackle the more difficult question: "Do the...